Members of the organized group are accused of illegal cashing in more than 640 million rubles.
Interestingly, the defendants are already serving sentences for similar crimes. But after the announcement of the previous verdict, the investigation found out that the previously convicted were doing the same as part of another group.
The crimes were committed in the period from 2013 to 2014, the group included 5 residents of the city of Yaroslavl. Having found clients for their “services”, the criminals also found people who, for a small monetary reward, agreed to register themselves as an individual entrepreneur, and then used their accounts for illegal cash withdrawal.
More than 400 legal entities for a total amount of over 649 million rubles passed through the accounts of the organized group during the year.
One of the defendants in the criminal case went to conclude a pre-trial cooperation agreement.
The maximum punishment for illegal banking is imprisonment for up to 7 years.